Loved Once Bitten when it first came out. Saw a few minutes the other day on TV and for the most part it still holds up.

Agree and probably the Lost Boys as well but...
The Perfect Creature was a nice take.

Since most of the best ones have been already listed, let's throw in a few later Hammer films that managed to be interesting takes on the worn-out genre:

Twins of Evil
Vampire Circus
Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires
and especially,
Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter

They were definitely trying to start a new franchise with that last one, too bad it failed at the box office. And Legend is Hammer horror and Shaw Bros. kung fu!

Of the tiles I didn't see listed, I'll add the horror-comedy "Vamp" (1986) and I still think "Interview With the Vampire" holds-up well.

I really liked Blade and Blade II.
The Lost Boys and Near Dark are my new two favorites.

Fright Night is up there.

I forgot about From Dusk Till Dawn. That was a good one. Tarantino, Clooney, Savini, Keitel. You can’t go wrong.

I'm with you on that one, too ...

I'll throw in Jean Rollin's Fascination, as well.

Yup, this one still holds the record for the most finest ladies ever assembled for a vampire flick:

Alyssa Milano
Charlotte Lewis
Jennifer Tilly
Rachel True
Rebecca Ferratti
Jordan Ladd
Seana Ryan, Sabrina Alen, Glori Gold....Although I forget which one of these gals had the worst boob job lol

I don't know, I think Vampire Lovers would give it a run for its money ...

Ingrid Pitt
Madeline Smith
Pippa Steel
Kirsten Lindholm
Kate O'Mara

^I'll give you *Madeline and Kate. I thought Ingrid looked a LOT hotter as a blonde (Countess Dracula)

*If you have the blu-ray, it was a surprise to hear (Via interview) the method on how quickly Madeline got herself, uh, well-endowed for that movie!

I *do* have the blu-ray ...






Blood for Dracula
Near Dark
The Hunger (1983)
My Best Friend is a Vampire
Blacula
Old Dracula (1974)
Vampire Lovers (1970)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (with brighter color timing ala Superbit DVD release)
Dracula (1979) with proper vibrant colors, as restored on Blu-ray
Kiss of the Vampire (1962)
Countess Dracula
Vampyes (1974)
Mutant (1983) -- zombified vampires oozing toxic waste!

Indeed. Everyone jocks the English language one because of Bela Lugosi and whatnot, but it pales in comparison to the Spanish language version.

As far as my favorite vampire films go and just the ones I can remember - I'm sure there's more:


Nosferatu
Werner Herzog's Nosferatu
Bram Stoker's Dracula
From Dusk till Dawn
Vamp
Fearless Vampire Killers
Blade
Blade II
Salem's Lot (1979)
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
Thirst
Interview with a Vampire
Only Lovers Left Alive
Let the Right One In
Byzantium
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
Nightwatch
Daywatch
Fright Night
John Carpenter's Vampires
Dracula Untold

The Hunger - Bowie, Bauhaus and Ms. Deneuve.

I feel broken for having forgotten Salem's Lot. And Blacula is so much better than it's kitsch title suggests. Marshall is makes a hell of a vampire lord.

Personally, I'd take the Collinson twins over Pitt and Smith. Twins and Circus were both decent, and I think enjoyed them more than any of the Lee Draculas. Try as I might, his films always leave me "meh". Brides of Dracula, OTOH...
Captain Kronos is something that I should love on paper. Clemens, Munro, swashbuckling heroics, and a novel take on vampirism. It starts off fresh, but by the climax I'm struggling to stay awake.

Funny, but I'd consider vampires as probably my least favorite horror subject, yet some of these are all time favorites.

No love for Count Yorga huh?
Neither are great but the first one is a fun watch. The second not so much. Still a decent drive-in double feature.

Near Dark

"I hate 'em when they ain't been shaved..."

https://clip.cafe/near-dark-1987/i-h...een-shaved-s1/

Let the Right One In off the top of my head.

I am surprised I am the first to mention Innocent Blood, however. It is definitely up there on my list. The Don Rickles death scene alone seals the deal on this one.

Let the Right One In for sure. I loved Interview with the Vampire which I know wasn’t popular opinion.

It made 223 million on a 60 million budget back in 1994. It was popular.

I thought I remembered it did well, but also thought it wasn’t a critical darling.

Many of the book fans simply couldn't get over Cruise being cast as Lestat.

^ Didn’t Anne Rice herself say she wasn’t happy with Cruise being cast until she saw his performance and loved it?

I noticed Interview with the Vampire is streaming on Paramount +. I might have to give it another watch. I haven’t seen it since it was first released in VHS.